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Sailing Alone Around the World
de Slocum, Joshua; George Varian [Illustrator]; Thomas Fogarty [Illustrator];
- Usado
- near fine
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Century Company, 1900. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth stamped in silver and green, top edge gilt. xvi, 294 pp. Near Fine with slight toning at spine, corners softened and fore edge of front board bumped edge. Toning to rear end sheet from clipping formerly laid-in. A sailing memoir about the Slocum's single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. The author was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140945882
- Título
- Sailing Alone Around the World
- Autor
- Slocum, Joshua; George Varian [Illustrator]; Thomas Fogarty [Illustrator];
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- The Century Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1900
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Laid-in
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- Fore Edge
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
